“During that time they are in the care of the council and schools, so we cannot pretend it is not our problem."

Your kind never, ever pretend that something isn't your problem. Oh, you never quite manage to fix it, but you do manage to screw up everyone else's choices while you flounder about, banning this and restricting that, and then moving on to the next target...

The Greens say the restricted zones should be combined with a drive to help existing takeaways reduce the salt, fat and sugar content of their food.

Cllr Michel added: “Despite progress in making school meals healthier and teaching about healthy diets, takeaways are fuelling junk food culture just outside the school gate and undoing much of that good work.”

Isn't that nice? They are going to 'help' local takeaways reduce the amount of salt, fat and sugar in their meals.

Funnily, our European colleagues do things quite differently: just outside the Paul Erhlich* School in Frankfurt (M) you'll find a cigarette machine and a Kebab shop. Quite appalling, yet despite such outrages Germany doesn't seem to be doing so badly.

*He invented the first cure for syphilis. Another cultural difference. Had he been British we would never have named a school after him. We would be far too enbarassed to have to explain that to the children.

Wel what would most of London do without relying on others to take care of almost every aspect of their lives? There'll probably be a series of nutrition and diet workshops for one-parent african-Carribean mothers and grants to allow access to food types deemed necessary for specific racial groups. They will need toa ttend these to become 'empowered' as well as providfed the opportunity to be 'signposted' by those running them, who are able to 'engage' up close and personal. Pathetic! WHy are there so many fried chicken shops in certain parts of London?